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Dr. Robert Haley responds to Mr. Birnbaum's comments*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert W. Haley*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

Footnotes

*

The opinions expressed in this letter are those of the respondent and not an official statement by the Centers for Disease Control

References

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